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what john tester needed that day was political cover from max baucus, a little help. john tester needed to be able to say, when he went back to montana, hey, max voted for it, too. now, when senator tester goes back to montana, he's going to be challenged with, hey, baucus voted against it, why didn't you? the junior senator from arizona got exactly the kind of political cover that john tester would have appreciated from max baucus. the senior senator from arizona, john mccain, voted for expanding background checks. but that wasn't enough to pump up jeff flake's courage to do the right thing. senator flake, who has to explain his vote to the very same voters john mccain is accountable to followed the lead of his party instead of his senior senator and voted against background checks, something that 90% of america wanted. and in casting his vote, senator flake had to rewrite himself. karen teves wrote a letter to senator flake asking him to support gun safety legislation. she told the senator about her son alex, who was murdered while shielding his girlfriend from bull
what john tester needed that day was political cover from max baucus, a little help. john tester needed to be able to say, when he went back to montana, hey, max voted for it, too. now, when senator tester goes back to montana, he's going to be challenged with, hey, baucus voted against it, why didn't you? the junior senator from arizona got exactly the kind of political cover that john tester would have appreciated from max baucus. the senior senator from arizona, john mccain, voted for...
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thanks for that, john. i am fascinated in how much focus the people who are suffering, the sequester cuts and the cuts to come, are not getting attention in the crossfire of all of the issues floating around washington these days. the only attention that goes anywhere near their direction is the obsession with budget cutting that republicans continue to push. >> yeah, that's right, lawrence. i mean, a month ago a lot of republicans and some folks in the media were saying the president was exaggerating the effects of the sequester. a month later, we see these effects and cuts are real and hurting a lot of people. kids losing education, cancer patients being turned away. the republican economic plan after the 2012 election is the sequester on steroids, a super sized sequester. it is going to get rid of most government services and investments outside of health care, defense and social security. and that means that everything that we're seeing now, all of these cuts and pain that a lot of people are feeling wi
thanks for that, john. i am fascinated in how much focus the people who are suffering, the sequester cuts and the cuts to come, are not getting attention in the crossfire of all of the issues floating around washington these days. the only attention that goes anywhere near their direction is the obsession with budget cutting that republicans continue to push. >> yeah, that's right, lawrence. i mean, a month ago a lot of republicans and some folks in the media were saying the president was...
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>> that was john spencer in his role in the west wing discussing the worst problem in america. in seven years and 154 episodes, "the west wing" discussed just about every problem but none more important than addiction. it kills 350 people in this country every day. addiction costs society more than any other single problem you can name. $600 billion a year in crime control costs, health care costs, job losses, productivity losses, and devastates families and neighborhoods as nothing else can. >> america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse. in order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new all out offensive. >> 40 years ago, nixon declared a war on cancer and war on drugs. one war has been fought as a health problem, the other war has been fought as a criminal problem. medical science has made great strides in cancer treatment, but according to my next guest, we are in worse shape than ever on drugs. he says the war on drugs actually increases drug use. joining me now, david chef, author of clean, overcoming addict and ending america
>> that was john spencer in his role in the west wing discussing the worst problem in america. in seven years and 154 episodes, "the west wing" discussed just about every problem but none more important than addiction. it kills 350 people in this country every day. addiction costs society more than any other single problem you can name. $600 billion a year in crime control costs, health care costs, job losses, productivity losses, and devastates families and neighborhoods as...
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on one hand, john boehner who has been cagey on what he is going to do in the house, you might think you could slow walk this issue, it would sort of go away, the public would move on. i think we have seen at this point the public is not going to move on. this is still an issue that people care about, still enjoys over 90% approval, still has powerful forces behind it, and such an emotional desire in the country to see a change. >> john boehner is never afraid to say the president's ideas are dead in the house of representatives. he will not say that. he is saying we will look at whatever the senate passes. >> that's important. it is also important to look what the nra said about this compromise today, and their position was, well, the president doesn't like it, so it is kind of okay, even though we think it has no effect. if they need the foil of the president to say he's unhappy so it is okay, so be it. they all need to look like they're doing something, maybe not the nra but john boehner. >> thank you both for joining me. >>> coming up, the first lady makes gun safety personal wit
on one hand, john boehner who has been cagey on what he is going to do in the house, you might think you could slow walk this issue, it would sort of go away, the public would move on. i think we have seen at this point the public is not going to move on. this is still an issue that people care about, still enjoys over 90% approval, still has powerful forces behind it, and such an emotional desire in the country to see a change. >> john boehner is never afraid to say the president's ideas...
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. >>> john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and congressman patrick murphy have announced they will be giving up 5% of their income, of their paychecks, to draw attention to federal employees who will be losing part of their incomes because of the sequester. so far, no republican in the house or the senate has been willing to give up a penny of his or her government paycheck. ? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ >>> in good news about guns this week, on tuesday, the united nations voted overwhelmingly to approve the first treaty ever aimed at regulating the enormous global trade in weapons. everything from fighter jets to guns and rifles. the national rifle association, of course, opposes that treaty. the vote in the general assembly was 154 in favor, 23 abs
. >>> john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and congressman patrick murphy have announced they will be giving up 5% of their income, of their paychecks, to draw attention to federal employees who will be losing part of their incomes because of the sequester. so far, no republican in the house or the senate has been willing to give up a penny of his or her government paycheck. ? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you...
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john adams and john quincy adams don't have presidential libraries, but richard nixon does. realizing that the presidential library thing has gotten way out of hand, congress has tried to control the explosive growth of the size and the scope of the shrines, but the former presidents' layers find ways around the limitations. so modern presidents spend a career in politics, debasing themselves by begging people for money for their campaigns. many of them actually make the mistake of thinking that those very rich people giving them those big bags of money are actually their friends. some presidents believe that those very rich people would really want to be deeply involved in their lives, even if they didn't get to sleep in the lincoln bedroom from time to time. and after a career of begging people for money, a career of always having to calculate how their next political decision might affect their endless need for massive donations, from wall street, and the other wealth centers of america, you would think that the one pure joy of watching your successor take that oath of of
john adams and john quincy adams don't have presidential libraries, but richard nixon does. realizing that the presidential library thing has gotten way out of hand, congress has tried to control the explosive growth of the size and the scope of the shrines, but the former presidents' layers find ways around the limitations. so modern presidents spend a career in politics, debasing themselves by begging people for money for their campaigns. many of them actually make the mistake of thinking...
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. >>> john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and congressman patrick murphy have announced they will be giving up 5% of their income, of their paychecks, to draw attention to federal employees who will be losing part of their incomes because of the sequester. so far, no republican in the house or the senate has been willing to give up a penny of his or her government paycheck. but i wondered what a i tcustomer thought? is great, hi nia... nice to meet you nia, i'm mike. what do you drive? i have a ford explorer, i love my car. and you're treating it well? yes i am. there are a lot of places you could take your explorer for service, why do you bring it back to the ford dealership? they specifically work on fords. it seems to me like the best care. and it's equal or less money, so it's a value for me. get a free brake inspection and brake pads installed for just 49.95 after rebates when you use the ford service credit card. who doesn't enjoy value? try e-mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers throug
. >>> john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and congressman patrick murphy have announced they will be giving up 5% of their income, of their paychecks, to draw attention to federal employees who will be losing part of their incomes because of the sequester. so far, no republican in the house or the senate has been willing to give up a penny of his or her government paycheck. but i wondered what a i tcustomer thought? is great, hi nia... nice to meet you nia, i'm mike. what do you...
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first, john boehner said this about the president's proposal to reduce the annual increase in social security benefits. >> he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms. that he has outlined in his budget. >> then came republican congressman greg walden. >> his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this, and republicans, as well. >> yes. that guy is a republican. and john boehner didn't like that one bit. >> i made it clear that i disagree with what chairman walden said. he and i have had a conversation about it. >> the man who used to lead the budget thinking in the house of representatives first said this. >> so change cpi. the president put this proposal in there, in his budget. first time he has done something like that. and so we interpret this as more or less an olive branch, meaning a good thing. >> and then he said this. >> we've never proposed it before. we've never proposed this. this is not our idea. >> that's how good a thi
first, john boehner said this about the president's proposal to reduce the annual increase in social security benefits. >> he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms. that he has outlined in his budget. >> then came republican congressman greg walden. >> his budget really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors, if you will. i think he's going to have a lot of pushback from some of the major senior organizations on this, and republicans, as...
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. >> let's listen to what secretary of state john kerry said today in brussels. >> we just had a young person who went to russia and chechnya who blew people up in boston. so he didn't stay where he went, but he learned something where he went and came back with a willingness to kill people. >> and that statement wasn't up for very long before the state department issued this adjustment to it. let's listen to that. >> the secretary was simply expressing broad concern about radicalism and not necessarily offering any more specific information about this case, but the context of how that came up is really radicalism broadly understand is how i understand it came up, but this isn't about any new information or conclusion about law enforcement details of the case. >> michael isikoff, state obviously had to issue that sort of response to what the secretary said, but he said very clearly that he learned something where he went, and he came back with a willingness to kill people. what is the likelihood that secretary kerry was working with inadequate information when he said that? >> well, i
. >> let's listen to what secretary of state john kerry said today in brussels. >> we just had a young person who went to russia and chechnya who blew people up in boston. so he didn't stay where he went, but he learned something where he went and came back with a willingness to kill people. >> and that statement wasn't up for very long before the state department issued this adjustment to it. let's listen to that. >> the secretary was simply expressing broad concern...
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my photographer john happened was amazing. he went into action and started shooting. we just kind of experienced, along with everybody else, being a reporter, so often we're able to be a little bit more jaded because we're away from the situation. i feel like i experienced it as an eyewitness person right there and i'm also now reporting on it. it's an interesting situation for me to try to process all of this. basically, what i saw was people strewn about. it's hard to sanitize this for people. i basically saw people with their legs blown off. i saw a woman with her foot missing. i saw blood. i saw a young boy being carried away by a police officer. he had blood all over his face, he wasn't moving. we're finding out there's an 8-year-old. i don't know if that was the case, but i did see a young boy with blood all over his face being carried away. i was only there for a few minutes before we realized we had to move the car. we weren't sure if there was another explosion. that was going to follow it. so we went to move the car also to allow other people coming out of t
my photographer john happened was amazing. he went into action and started shooting. we just kind of experienced, along with everybody else, being a reporter, so often we're able to be a little bit more jaded because we're away from the situation. i feel like i experienced it as an eyewitness person right there and i'm also now reporting on it. it's an interesting situation for me to try to process all of this. basically, what i saw was people strewn about. it's hard to sanitize this for...
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john kennedy, robert kennedy and dr. king in '68. in '70, the explosive control act on the heels of the clan murdering, those four little girls in birmingham with bombs. anarchist bombs, weather under ground. a lot of bombings. congress passed the explosive control act. atf went to work trying to develop these indestructible ways we could track the bomb after it detonated and it was killed on the hill. i could never -- not tell you how we reacted in atf headquarters. special agents were like, really? the bombers have a lobby on the hill? we can't get this through? to catch bombers? really? i mean, we just couldn't believe it. and it was killed. it was also killed again later in the late '80s or early '90s. we tried to do it again. i'll tell you what, lawrence. i bet there is a congressman or senator that watches your show and they could go back to atf and dust that plan off, it's on the shelf, and reintroduce a bill to tag commercial explosives so we can track them. consider tracking smokeless gun powders. and they won't solve every
john kennedy, robert kennedy and dr. king in '68. in '70, the explosive control act on the heels of the clan murdering, those four little girls in birmingham with bombs. anarchist bombs, weather under ground. a lot of bombings. congress passed the explosive control act. atf went to work trying to develop these indestructible ways we could track the bomb after it detonated and it was killed on the hill. i could never -- not tell you how we reacted in atf headquarters. special agents were like,...
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we build john deere equipment the way we always have: the right way. times change. our principles don't. you don't just have our word on it. you've got our name on it. that's how we run. nothing runs like a deere. discover the full line of riding lawn equipment at johndeere.com/howwerun or your local dealer. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. >>> medium turkey chili. >> medium crab bisque. >> i didn't get any bread. >> just forget it, let it go. >> excuse me, i think you forgot my bread. >> bread $2 extra. >> $2? everyone in front of me got free bread. >> you want bread? >> yes, please. >> $3! >> what? >> no soup for you! >> in tonight's "rewrite," rewriting the soup nazi. that was the unforgettable soup nazi played brilliantly by larry thomas on seinfeld. no soup for you was the verdict jerry
we build john deere equipment the way we always have: the right way. times change. our principles don't. you don't just have our word on it. you've got our name on it. that's how we run. nothing runs like a deere. discover the full line of riding lawn equipment at johndeere.com/howwerun or your local dealer. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home....